Exercise 1 (Subject & Verb)

_____ first settled the Hawaiian Islands between A.D. 300 and 750.

• The Polynesians

• The Polynesians arrived

• Because of the Polynesians

• It was the Polynesians

Mark Twain _____ the years after the Civil War the "Gilded Age."

• called

• calling

• he called

• his calls

Early _____ toes instead of hooves on their feet.

• horses

• had horses

• horses had

• horses having

In 1867, ________ Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.

• purchased the United States

• to purchase the United States

• the United States' purchase of

• the United States purchased

The large carotid artery ____ to the main parts of the brain.

• carrying blood

• blood is carried

• carries blood

• blood carries

______ radio as the first practical system of wireless telegraphy.

• Marconi's development

• The development by Marconi

• Developing Marconi

• Marconi developed

NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center ______ control center for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space flights.

• it was at the

• it was the

• was the

• the

____ east of the Mississippi River

• Indigo was grown usually

• Usually grown was Indigo

• Indigo usually grown

• Indigo was usually grown

_____ of the New York's Erie Canal greatly enhanced trade in the upstate region.

• The complete

• Completing

• A completing

• The completion

Because the metal mercury ____ in direct proportion to temperature, it was once used as the indicator in common thermometers.

• is expanding

• expands

• is expanded

• expanded